HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

 I KNOW 2013 IS GOING TO BE A GREAT YEAR!  THE BOYS ARE ALL GETTING SO BIG AND SO MUCH FUN!  AIDEN AND AUSTIN PLAYED THEIR FIRST YEAR OF BASKETBALL AND LOVE IT SO FAR!  AUSTIN HAS STARTED BACK GUITAR LESSONS AND THAT IS HIS FAVORITE BY FAR!  THEY ARE ALL THREE SIGNED UP AND READY FOR BASEBALL AND WE HAVE OUR DISNEY WORLD TRIP BOOKED FOR THIS SUMMER!  IT IS GOING TO BE A BUSY AND FUN FUN YEAR!

NEW YEAR'S EVE!

WE WENT TO THE WHARF TO EAT AND WATCH THE FIREWORKS WITH OUR FRIENDS!  THE KIDS HAD A BALL!  THEY HAD ALL KINDS OF FUN STUFF TO DO AND THEN A HUGE FIREWORK SHOW AT MIDNIGHT!  I HAVE TO SAY IT WAS A WONDERFUL NIGHT AND I WOULDN'T HAVE WANTED TO BE ANY WHERE ELSE THAN WITH MY BABY BOYS AND HANDSOME HUBBY:)! I AM BLESSED AND LOOKING FORWARD  TO 2013!

FUN AT THE WHARF!

WE WENT TO THE WHARF TO RIDE THE FARRIS WHEEL AND DO THE BIG JUMPING TRAMPOLINES! LOOK HOW HIGH JAX WAS JUMPING UP THERE! HE IS FEARLESS JUST LIKE AUSTIN! I AM GOING TO BE IN BIG TROUBLE WITH THOSE TWO!

LU LU'S AND GO KARTS!

WE WENT TO EAT AT LU LU'S ONE DAY AND THEN ACROSS THE STREET TO RIDE THE GO-KARTS!  THE BOYS GOT TO DRIVE THEMSELVES AND HAS FUN RACING EACH OTHER AND ONLY HAD ONE WRECK:)!  DADDY GOT DRIVE JAX AND RACE WITH PARKER ON THE BIG TRACK!

CARDS!

THIS NIGHT WE STAYED IN AND COOKED MEXICAN AND PLAYED CARDS.  IT WAS FUN AND I HAVE TO SAY ALL THE BOYS REMINDED ME OF MYSELF AND ALL OUR LITTLE FRIENDS WHEN MY PARENTS USED TO PLAY CARDS.  ANY OTHER TIME THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN BUSY PLAYING THEMSELVES BUT WHEN WE STARTED PLAYING OUR OWN GAME THEY WERE RIGHT UP UNDER US:)!  YOU SEE RJ HAD ON HIS POKER GLASSES AND POKER FACE:)!  IT WAS ALL FOR FUN AND THE KIDS WERE HAPPY THEY GOT ALL THE QUARTERS FOR THE GAME ROOM WHEN WE FINISHED OUR FUN!

SWIMMING TIME!

THANK GOODNESS WE HAD AN INDOOR HEATED POOL AND HOT TUB!  THE BOYS LOVED IT AND PLAYED THEIR LITTLE HEARTS OUT!

WINGS AND ICE SKATING!

 OUR FIRST NIGHT AT THE BEACH WE WENT TO THE WHARF TO EAT AND ICE SKATE WITH OUR FRIENDS BRADY COLE AND LAYLA RAE!  FOR SOME REASON JAX WAS SO SHY AROUND LAYLA AND WOULD GO HIDE FROM HER!  IT WAS FUNNY, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY HE WAS ACTING LIKE THAT!  THEN AS YOU CAN SEE I HAD TO GET OUT THERE WITH JAX BECAUSE HE WAS ONLY 3 BUT YOU SEE HE DID NOT NEED MY HELP!  HE DID GREAT!  THE OTHER BOYS, WELL THEY WERE STRUGGLING!  THEN PAXTON AND AUSTIN PULLED ME DOWN AND I GOT SOAKED AND MY SWEET AIDEN CAME TO MY RESCUE AND HELPED ME GET BACK UP!  I CAN SAY I DID NOT LEAVE WITH A CUT FINGER SO I DID BETTER THAN THE LAST TIME I ICE SKATED ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO:)!!

BEACH BOUND!

 SO WE DID SOMETHING DIFFERENT THIS YEAR FOR NEW YEARS AND WENT TO THE BEACH WITH OUR FRIENDS!  AT FIRST I THOUGHT THE BEACH AND WINTER NO WAY, BUT WITH THE INDOOR POOL, HOT TUB, AND ALL THE FUN THINGS TO DO AND PLACES TO EAT IN ORANGE BEACH WE HAD A BLAST!  THE BOYS ALL PLAY SO GOOD TOGETHER AND KEPT US FULLY ENTERTAINED THE WHOLE TRIP:)!

LOTS OF BOYS!

LOOK AT ALL THOSE BOYS!  POOR ALYSSA, SHE WAS THE ONLY GIRL!  SHE'S TOUGH THOUGH SO SHE DON'T PUT UP WITH THEM:)!  MI MI AND PAW PAW HAVE 6 GRAND BOYS!  I JUST DON'T THINK WE WERE MEANT TO HAVE A GIRL:)!  I THINK WE WOULD ALL BE BROKE IF WE DID:)! 

THE LAST PICTURE IS OF ALL US GIRLS.  ME, MOM, MY GI GI, MY AUNT SHERRY, AND MY SISTER IN LAW ASHLEY.  RJ TOOK THE PICTURE AND WAS LOOKING DOWN THE LINE AND JUST SAID, "OH LORD"!  THAT WAS NOT NICE OF HIM!  I HAVE TO SAY I THINK MY MOM AND GI GI ARE PRETTY AWESOME AND OF COURSE BEAUTIFUL. JUST WISH I HAD THEIR LEGS:)!  HE EVEN ASKED WHY I WAS SO SHORT AFTER HE LOOKED AT THIS PICTURE!  THAT IS JUST THE WAY THE GOOD LORD MADE ME:)!  I HOPE I HAVE AS MUCH ENERGY AS MY GI GI DOES WHEN I'M HER AGE.  SHE STILL WORKS AND SHE STILL SHOPS PRETTY MUCH EVERY SINGLE SATURDAY, BUT DON'T TELL MY GRANDADDY THAT:)!!

CHRISTMAS AT MI MI AND PAW PAW'S

WE DO CHRISTMAS AT MI MI AND PAW PAW'S ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT!  ALL THE KIDDO'S WERE SO EXCITED AND COULD NOT WAIT TO OPEN THEIR PRESENTS!  WE MADE THEM DRAW NUMBERS SO THEY ALL HAD TO WAIT THEIR TURNS,BUT IT IS A LOT BETTER THAN ALL THE CHAOS WHEN THEY DO IT ALL TOGETHER!   AS YOU CAN SEE THEY HAD TONS OF FUN:)!

TOO MUCH FUN!

THE BOYS HAD A BALL CHRISTMAS MORNING!  GI GI, PAW PAW MIKE, MI MI, AND PAW PAW GRADY CAME OVER TO SEE WHAT SANTA BROUGHT AND EAT BREAKFAST!  AUSTIN GOT TO TAKE MI MI AND PAW PAW MIKE FOR A RIDE ON HIS GO- KART AND LET'S JUST SAY PAW PAW HAD A LITTLE TOO MUCH FUN!  I DON'T HAVE A PICTURE TO PROVE IT BECAUSE I WAS VIDEOING THEM AS HE WAS TELLING AUSTIN TO GO FASTER AND FASTER AND AUSTIN WAS JUST A GOING AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW THEY HAVE FLIPPED THE GO-KART!  AUSTIN JUMPED UP AND IMMEDIATELY SAID IT WAS PAW PAW'S FAULT!  GUESS HE THOUGHT HE WOULD BE IN TROUBLE!  IT WAS FUNNY AFTER THE FACT, BUT IT DID SCARE ME A BIT!  AUSTIN HAD HIS HELMET ON AND PAW PAW THREW HIS HAND OVER HIM SO HE DIDN'T REALLY FALL OUT!  IF YOU KNOW PAW PAW MIKE THEN THIS DID NOT SURPRISE YOU AT ALL:)!!  AUSTIN JUMPED RIGHT BACK ON AND HAS DRIVEN GREAT EVER SINCE!  CHECK OUT HIS "RACING GEAR"! :)